How much money do you spend on a night out?
Discussion
An average night is anywhere between £50-£70.
It's easily done though, £10 for a taxi, £8 for a packet of fags, £5 for food, that's almost half your budget gone already!
I do pre-drink though so it keeps costs down, not because i don't want to drink anymore, but because the more drunk i get, the more i can't be arsed to queue at the bar.
Strangely, though i've been out in London a couple of times & spent next to nothing, even after visiting a place like Mahiki's i think i spent about £60, no idea how, i just seemed to be getting drinks given to me left, right & centre!
It's easily done though, £10 for a taxi, £8 for a packet of fags, £5 for food, that's almost half your budget gone already!
I do pre-drink though so it keeps costs down, not because i don't want to drink anymore, but because the more drunk i get, the more i can't be arsed to queue at the bar.
Strangely, though i've been out in London a couple of times & spent next to nothing, even after visiting a place like Mahiki's i think i spent about £60, no idea how, i just seemed to be getting drinks given to me left, right & centre!
doogz said:
Art0ir said:
It's not difficult. A Double Vodka & Mixer is £10-15 depending on where you go. Throw in £20 worth of taxis, £10 worth of food, £5-15 entry, pre-drinks if you're that way inclined.. quickly adds up.
A few pints back in my local is a different story. Free in, pints £3 and enough crisps to avoid the grease on the way home.
I remember the first time I was in London.A few pints back in my local is a different story. Free in, pints £3 and enough crisps to avoid the grease on the way home.
"2 pints please"
"That'll be £17 Sir"
Where did you go? The most expensive pint I've had in London was about £6. Most pubs I go to it's anywhere from £3-£5 depending what you get.
markmullen said:
Art0ir said:
markmullen said:
Or start buying bottles of champagne and it quickly racks up, particularly if you're on good stuff.
Can't stand the stuff so no concern there!And I'm no company director either, I'm paid average wage for my industry and the hours put in.
Chap asks how much people spend on a night out, people reply, simple as that, why do people feel the need to criticise what someone else spends their hard-earned on?
Oh yeah - for me it's about £20 if it's just the pub, or £40-£50 if it's pub and curry.
£30-40 for a few hours in the local, £50-100 if its drinks in town with friends (depending on end of night food choice), £100+ if its an early start and somewhere new.
Don't really add it up if out for meals with SWMBO or couply friends but unless its a special occasion usually c£50 a head (more food less booze).
Don't really add it up if out for meals with SWMBO or couply friends but unless its a special occasion usually c£50 a head (more food less booze).
Eggman said:
Are you all pretending to be from TOWIE or something?
Beer costs £3.20 in my (London) local, so if you have six you've still got change for a bag of crisps from £20. If I spent £100 I'd probably have a respiratory arrest unless there was a nice meal in there somewhere!
I cant think of anything worse than turning £100 into piss and being in a sweaty room with a bunch of other people I don't want to be near playing horrible music. Yeah I'm not big on going out to clubs n such but will do it if its with all my uni mates. Pubs are ok if we go for food and some bevvies every now and then. That'll generally run to £30-50 for two people depending on where.Beer costs £3.20 in my (London) local, so if you have six you've still got change for a bag of crisps from £20. If I spent £100 I'd probably have a respiratory arrest unless there was a nice meal in there somewhere!
I hate getting drunk and I reckon its got something to do with why I also can't do roller coasters or rides that spin around. I get that horrible motion sickness that basically puts me down for a few hours and I get the same feeling when getting drunk. A little fizzy/tipsy I can handle, but after that I just feel bad.
Some of my mates go out regularly and get blasted, but often its not that enjoyable to be out with them because they get to that stage where they all sleuth off in various directions on search and destroy missions to bring some fanny back home. One guy always gets so f
ked on vodka red bulls the majority of each drink ends up either down his front or on the floor. I guess its a self preservation mechanism that stops him getting to the black out stage but its worse than turning alcohol into piss! its just buying it to throw it away! (sometimes within seconds of leaving the bar). They'd have a lot more money free to other things if they didn't spend vast sums on a night they barely remember and then spend most of the rest of the weekend comatose.I'd love to own a club though. I wonder if its as profitable as I imagine it is. When I was in NYC we managed to get into this roof top bar/club and they were selling rather small cups of "premium" Ale for $15 (about a tenner). When I say small, it must of been less than a coke cans worth, maybe 250-300 ml. What was this drink? Newcastle Brown.... I actually laughed in the bartenders face. I told him where I come from, this is the muck that scroungers drink in Newcastle uk and that for $15 I can probably buy a gallon of the stuff. Then the charged me $40 for two shots of vodka. Still, its NYC, don't do that often at all! and I bet the fee's/rent on those places is astronomical and you have a room full ofgoldmanites to whom $40 doesn't even register.
Edited by Otispunkmeyer on Monday 8th October 11:44
Edited by Otispunkmeyer on Monday 8th October 11:46
Otispunkmeyer said:
I'd love to own a club though. I wonder if its as profitable as I imagine it is.
In the right place with the right staff and bringing in the right customers it can be. But you have a limited window to make money, have to find people you can trust with large amounts of cash and easy to 'lose' stock, you can also find your club turns from the place to be with 3000 people wanting to be in a 1800 person venue to 50 customers and WTF happened to our club in a couple of months or less.
I'd manage one again but would never risk my own money.
Bloody hell, I thought I was doing quite badly!
Being a student, we usually have a few (read: many) drinks at one of our flats before we go out. Leave around half 11 to go out, and I try to spend less than £20 including entry and food after.
I have been known to spend £50 on a night out if I take my card with me, which I really regret!
Trying to drink a lot less now, so hopefully normal service will be resumed. I am going off clubbing more and more, as are some of my mates, so hopefully a night out will be a few drinks at the flat and then off to a nice pub after.
Being a student, we usually have a few (read: many) drinks at one of our flats before we go out. Leave around half 11 to go out, and I try to spend less than £20 including entry and food after.
I have been known to spend £50 on a night out if I take my card with me, which I really regret!
Trying to drink a lot less now, so hopefully normal service will be resumed. I am going off clubbing more and more, as are some of my mates, so hopefully a night out will be a few drinks at the flat and then off to a nice pub after.
Otispunkmeyer said:
I cant think of anything worse than turning £100 into piss and being in a sweaty room with a bunch of other people I don't want to be near playing horrible music. Yeah I'm not big on going out to clubs n such. Pubs are ok if we go for food and some bevvies every now and then. That'll generally run to £30-50 for two people depending on where.
I hate getting drunk and I reckon its got something to do with why I also can't do roller coasters or rides that spin around. I get that horrible motion sickness that basically puts me down for a few hours and I get the same feeling when getting drunk. A little fizzy/tipsy I can handle, but after that I just feel bad.
Some of my mates go out regularly and get blasted, but often its not that enjoyable to be out with them because they get to that stage where they all sleuth off in various directions on search and destroy missions to bring some fanny back home. One guy always gets so fked on vodka red bulls the majority of each drink ends up either down his front or on the floor. I guess its a self preservation mechanism that stops him getting to the black out stage but its worse than turning alcohol into piss! its just buying it to throw it away! (sometimes within seconds of leaving the bar). They'd have a lot more money free to other things if they didn't spend vast sums on a night they barely remember and then spend most of the rest of the weekend comatose.
I'd love to own a club though. I wonder if its as profitable as I imagine it is.
Meh, people say the same to me about thirsty cars.I hate getting drunk and I reckon its got something to do with why I also can't do roller coasters or rides that spin around. I get that horrible motion sickness that basically puts me down for a few hours and I get the same feeling when getting drunk. A little fizzy/tipsy I can handle, but after that I just feel bad.
Some of my mates go out regularly and get blasted, but often its not that enjoyable to be out with them because they get to that stage where they all sleuth off in various directions on search and destroy missions to bring some fanny back home. One guy always gets so f
ked on vodka red bulls the majority of each drink ends up either down his front or on the floor. I guess its a self preservation mechanism that stops him getting to the black out stage but its worse than turning alcohol into piss! its just buying it to throw it away! (sometimes within seconds of leaving the bar). They'd have a lot more money free to other things if they didn't spend vast sums on a night they barely remember and then spend most of the rest of the weekend comatose.I'd love to own a club though. I wonder if its as profitable as I imagine it is.
Chrisw666 said:
Otispunkmeyer said:
I'd love to own a club though. I wonder if its as profitable as I imagine it is.
In the right place with the right staff and bringing in the right customers it can be. But you have a limited window to make money, have to find people you can trust with large amounts of cash and easy to 'lose' stock, you can also find your club turns from the place to be with 3000 people wanting to be in a 1800 person venue to 50 customers and WTF happened to our club in a couple of months or less.
I'd manage one again but would never risk my own money.
Art0ir said:
Otispunkmeyer said:
I cant think of anything worse than turning £100 into piss and being in a sweaty room with a bunch of other people I don't want to be near playing horrible music. Yeah I'm not big on going out to clubs n such. Pubs are ok if we go for food and some bevvies every now and then. That'll generally run to £30-50 for two people depending on where.
I hate getting drunk and I reckon its got something to do with why I also can't do roller coasters or rides that spin around. I get that horrible motion sickness that basically puts me down for a few hours and I get the same feeling when getting drunk. A little fizzy/tipsy I can handle, but after that I just feel bad.
Some of my mates go out regularly and get blasted, but often its not that enjoyable to be out with them because they get to that stage where they all sleuth off in various directions on search and destroy missions to bring some fanny back home. One guy always gets so fked on vodka red bulls the majority of each drink ends up either down his front or on the floor. I guess its a self preservation mechanism that stops him getting to the black out stage but its worse than turning alcohol into piss! its just buying it to throw it away! (sometimes within seconds of leaving the bar). They'd have a lot more money free to other things if they didn't spend vast sums on a night they barely remember and then spend most of the rest of the weekend comatose.
I'd love to own a club though. I wonder if its as profitable as I imagine it is.
Meh, people say the same to me about thirsty cars.I hate getting drunk and I reckon its got something to do with why I also can't do roller coasters or rides that spin around. I get that horrible motion sickness that basically puts me down for a few hours and I get the same feeling when getting drunk. A little fizzy/tipsy I can handle, but after that I just feel bad.
Some of my mates go out regularly and get blasted, but often its not that enjoyable to be out with them because they get to that stage where they all sleuth off in various directions on search and destroy missions to bring some fanny back home. One guy always gets so f
ked on vodka red bulls the majority of each drink ends up either down his front or on the floor. I guess its a self preservation mechanism that stops him getting to the black out stage but its worse than turning alcohol into piss! its just buying it to throw it away! (sometimes within seconds of leaving the bar). They'd have a lot more money free to other things if they didn't spend vast sums on a night they barely remember and then spend most of the rest of the weekend comatose.I'd love to own a club though. I wonder if its as profitable as I imagine it is.
Otispunkmeyer said:
Different strokes and all that. Long as they enjoy it who is to complain (not sure they do half the time). I'm too tight to even do the thirsty cars bit, again because I can't compute the notion of turning lots of money into liquid or gas most of the time. I like to have a physical thing in exchange for money, something I can then swap back into money if needs be!
I make sure I have enough savings for the future but on the other hand I could be dead tomorrow!My going mad days are long gone,
when i was in my twenties we might spend thirty quid, but it was 20 years ago,
so at the time it was probably 60-70 quid.
in those days it wasn't designer pints it was just lager,
nowadays, i'm gutted if i spend £30.00. i don't frequent the same stand of pubs i used to!!
when i was in my twenties we might spend thirty quid, but it was 20 years ago,
so at the time it was probably 60-70 quid.
in those days it wasn't designer pints it was just lager,
nowadays, i'm gutted if i spend £30.00. i don't frequent the same stand of pubs i used to!!
LCR265 said:
It's a Monday night only thing in Jesters (the local sthole, once voted 2nd worst 'club' in the UK) so I'm fairly sure they make a loss on it.
The double vodkas for £1 (usually £2) are a Tuesday only deal in Sobar, made using paint stripper.
The Dolphin in Portswood used to be the pub of choice for the more discerning gentleman. Considering the landlord used to drink most of his supply I imagine it's no longer in business?thole, once voted 2nd worst 'club' in the UK) so I'm fairly sure they make a loss on it. The double vodkas for £1 (usually £2) are a Tuesday only deal in Sobar, made using paint stripper.
Can be anything form less than £20 to more than £200. Just depends on who I am with and what we are doing.
This year the only time it has got a little out of hand was a mate's wedding where were drinking from as soon as the bar would serve us in the morning until 2 or 3am. Rounds of doubles for 4 and then moving on to fizzy before back to the doubles for the evening with a few TVR's and soft drinks to balance things out soon gets very expensive, very quickly!
This year the only time it has got a little out of hand was a mate's wedding where were drinking from as soon as the bar would serve us in the morning until 2 or 3am. Rounds of doubles for 4 and then moving on to fizzy before back to the doubles for the evening with a few TVR's and soft drinks to balance things out soon gets very expensive, very quickly!
>£100 only happens if i'm going out for a meal (for two). I'm lucky if i hit £20. Mind you i'm pretty tight 
I still use my alumni pass which gets me student prices at Imperial College and Royal College of Arts. Reminds me, i got invited out by some of my arty chums recently and got trollied on a tenner!
I still use my alumni pass which gets me student prices at Imperial College and Royal College of Arts. Reminds me, i got invited out by some of my arty chums recently and got trollied on a tenner!
Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff